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China imposes controversial new controls on foreign NGOs
Published Thu, Apr 28, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
CHINA'S Communist-controlled legislature passed a law imposing new regulations on foreign non-government organisations (NGOs) on Thursday, authorities said.
The measure has provoked an outcry from charities and concerns from foreign governments that it gives wide-ranging discretionary powers to police amid a crackdown on civil society in the country.
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